Why MYSTERIES? Because that is the genre I read. Why PARADISE? Because that is where I live.
Among other things, this blog, the result of a 2008 New Year's resolution, will act as a record of books that I've read, and random thoughts.

26 December 2010

Sunday Salon: Do tell - what books did you get?

Did your family get the message? Did you get a book or two for Christmas?

Mine are always a bit worried by the prospect of giving me something I've already read or something I'll hate.

I have to report that I didn't get one book, although my husband did give me the full set of DVDs for Rumpole of the Bailey, 15 DVDs altogether, and something I hadn't see before, a complete set of The Irish R.M. which starred Peter Bowles, 6 DVDs altogether, so we have some serious viewing ahead of us!

How did you get yours to give you books? Did you have a "wishlist"? What books did you get?

Normally my husband avoids giving me books like the plague...but this year he came through: Three Kerry Greenwood books (Phryne Fisher series) and Detection Unlimited by Georgette Heyer. He earned major brownie points this year. In addition he gave me sets 3 and 4 of the Agatha Christie's Marple DVDs. Good husband! Still have two present opportunities ahead (tomorrow with his family and Tuesday with my mom & dad)...so maybe there'll be more.

I didn't get any books either - for the same reason as you - people never know what I've read. I too got some crime fiction DVDs though - AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN which is the series inspired by the PD James Cordelia Grey character (more than the 2 stories she wrote though) and the Danish series THE EAGLE.

I received only three books for Christmas because, like so many other avid readers, family & friends aren't sure what I have/have not read. The only one of the three that could be considered a mystery is Eli Gottlieb's NOW YOU SEE HIM, about a man trying to uncover the truth behind a murder-suicide. The other two books that I received underscore the fact that I wasn't always a middle-aged wife & mother (ha-ha): My husband gave me a biography of the late Joe Strummer (founding member of The Clash) and a book about the somewhat shadowy business side of hip-hop music.